'Greedy', 'disgusting': Woman injured in police car crash to have insurance support reduced

Gai Vieira's life was changed forever when a speeding police car crashed into her Mercedes in Cronulla almost six years ago.

She qualifies for icare's Lifetime Care scheme through the NSW government-funded insurance company and has depended on it for her physical and speech therapies.Gai Vieira's life was changed forever when a speeding police car crashed into her Mercedes. "She can't move her arms, can't move her legs - now after a lot of physio, I can understand her, she can talk, she smiles."

Under what's called a "graded reduction", Gai's physical and speech therapy will be reduced to just one hour a week because "three independent therapists" found "there isn't adequate clinical justification to support them"."She was hit by a policeman works for the state government, and icare is funded by the state government."The insurance had provided Gai up to four hours a week of physiotherapy and speech therapy.

Source: Insurance Report (insurancereport.net)

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